Historical personalities
1. Abdul Gaffar Khan Popularly known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’, he was a prominent nationalist leader of the North – western. Frontier Province, and founded a nationalist organisation, called the ‘Khudai Khidmatgars’ (Soervants of God), popularly referred to as the ‘Red Shirts’. Awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award posthumously by the Indian government.
2. Abdul Hamid Lahori Shah Jahan’s official historian and the author of Padshah Namah.
3. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan Son of Bairam Khan, he became a prominent noble and military commander of Akbar, and contributed to literature.
4. Abdul Fazl Son of Shaik Mubarak and brother of Fait (poet), he was the official historian and close adviser of akbar. Wrote Ain-i-Akbari (a statistical account of Akbar’s empire) and Akbar Namah (an authoritative account of his reign). Assassinated by Bir Singh Bundela in 1602 at the instigation of Prince Salim (later Jahangir).
5. Adbam Khan son of Maham Anaga (foster mother of Akbar), he became powerful for two years (1560-62) after the full of Bairam Khan, but was executed by Akbar for murdering the then wazir, Shams-ud-din Atga Khan (1562).
6. Afzal Khan Bijapuri general sent to suppress Sivaji, but was outsmarted and killed by Sivaji with his baghmakh (tiger claws) when the two met for negotiations (1659).
7. Aga Khan The title of the religious head of the Borah Ismailian community of the Muslims in India. It was first conferred on Hasan Ali Shah who claimed descent from the Prophet through his daughter.
8. Abalya Bai the widowed daughter – in – law of Malhar Rao Holkar of Indore, who ruled the state between 1764 and 1795. Famous for her construction of temples like the Annapurna and Vishnu temples at Banaras and Gaya respectively.
9. Ahmad Shah Abdali Belonging to the Durrani clan of Afghanistan, he initially worked under Nadir Shah during his independent rule of Afghanistan (1747-1773), he invaded India eight times, scoring a spectacular victory over the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat (1761).
10. Ajit Singh The posthumous son of Raja Jaswant Singh of Marwar, he was imprisoned by Aurangzeb as an imposter but was rescued from Delhi by the Rathors under Durgadas. The Rathors, supported by the Ranas of Mewar, fought against the Mughals for the cause of Ajit till 1709 when Bahadur Shah I finally recognised him as the ruler of Marwar.
Question to be learn
1.Consider the following statement/s with regards to National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology.
1.The Mission aims to extend computer infrastructure and connectivity to over 25000 colleges.
2.The Mission, in addition to utilize the connectivity network of service providers, shall explore the possibility to provide connectivity utilizing Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT), Virtual Private Network (VPN) and EduSat channels.
3.Under the mission The Minister of Human Resource Development unveiled a low cost access-cum-computing device (LCAD) name Gagan.
Incorrect statement/s is/are
(a)Only 1(b)Only 2
(c)Only 3(d)None of above
2.Consider the following statements
1.The DFC project is a marvel of Planning, engineering, design and technology. In the first phase of DFC mega project has taken up two corridors the Eastern Corridor from Ludhiana (Punjab) to Dankuni (West Bengal) and the Western Corridor JNPT (Mumbai) to Dadri.
2.The prime objectives for building these dedicated freight corridors are to create additional rail infrastructure to cater to increased transport demand as well as to reduce unit cost of transportation.
3.The Dedicated freight corridors are capable to hold the burden of double stack containers.
Correct statement/s is/are
(a)1 and 2(b)1 and 3
(c)2 and 3(d)All above
3.UNSMIS , in news, relates to
(a)Libya
(b)Small Scale Industries
(c)Computer Technology
(d)Syria
4.India has received first Embraer Jet from
(a)France(b)UK
(c)Brazil(d)USA
5.POCSO Act 2012 deals with
(a)Child rights protection
(b)Foreign investment
(c)Women Development
(d)Backward section of the society
